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Webster 1913 Edition

Pincers

Pin′cers

,

Noun.

pl.

[Cf. F.

pince

pinchers, fr.

pincer

to pinch. See

,

.]

See

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Webster 1828 Edition

Pincers

PINCERS

, an erroneous orthography of pinchers,which see.

Definition 2025

pincers

pincers

English

A pair of carpenter's pincers

Noun

pincers

plural of pincer

Noun

pincers ‎(uncountable)

A gripping tool, pivoted like a pair of scissors, but with blunt jaws.
The front claws of crustaceans such as lobsters.

Synonyms

See also

tongs

Translations

gripping tool

Aromanian: cleashti f
Azeri: kəlbətin (az)
Bashkir: ҡыпһыуыр ‎(qïphïwïr), (Eastern) ҡыпсыуыр ‎(qïpsïwïr)
Belarusian: абцугі m pl ‎(abcuhí)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 鉗子 (zh), 钳子 (zh) ‎(qiánzi), 鉗 (zh), 钳 (zh) ‎(qián)
Czech: kleště (cs) f pl
Dutch: tang (nl)
Finnish: hohtimet
French: tenaille (fr) f, pinces (fr) f pl
German: Zange (de) f, Monierzange f
Greek: τανάλια (el) f ‎(tanália)
Hungarian: harapófogó (hu)
Ido: pinco (io), tenalio (io)
Japanese: やっとこ ‎(yattoko), 矢床 ‎(やっとこ, yattoko)
Macedonian: клешти f ‎(klešti)

Maori: kuku
Norwegian:

Bokmål: tang (no) m, f, knipetang m, f

Nynorsk: tong f, knipetong f
Old Portuguese: tẽaz f
Polish: kleszcze (pl) pl
Portuguese: tenaz (pt) f, pinça (pt) f
Rade: pen
Romanian: clește (ro) m
Russian: кле́щи (ru) m pl ‎(kléšči), щипцы́ (ru) m pl ‎(ščipcý)
Slovak: kliešte pl
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: klěšće pl
Spanish: pinzas (es) f pl, tenaza f
Swedish: tång (sv) c, hovtång (sv) c, kniptång c
Tagalog: bahaypato
Turkish: kerpeten (tr)
Vietnamese: kềm (vi), kìm (vi)

front claws

Czech: klepeta n pl
Finnish: sakset (fi) pl
French: pinces (fr) f pl
German: Krebsschere f
Irish: ordóg (ga) f
Norwegian:

Bokmål: klo m, f

Nynorsk: klo f

Portuguese: patolas (pt) f
Romanian: clește (ro) m
Russian: клешня́ (ru) f ‎(klešnjá), клешни́ (ru) f pl ‎(klešní)
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: klěšće pl
Spanish: pinzas (es) f pl

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